Sanitary device for toilet-seats.



Fl 1- SANITARY DEVICE FOR TOILET $EATS. A APPLICATION LID QAN-M 19H?-Patgnted I Jan. 2, 1917.

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STATES PAT T OFFICE.

' I FRANK 'J'. CUNHA, OF HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY DEVICE FOR TOILET-sEATS.

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Specification of Letters Eatent,

Patented an. 2, 1917.

Application filed January 4, 1916. Serial No. 70,183.

To alt whom it may concern I Be it known that I, FRANK J. CUNHA, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hayward, in the county ofAlameda and State of California, have invented a.new and useiulImprovement in Sanltarv Devices for Toilet-Seats, of which the followingout this object, I employ, in combina tion, a simple and inexpensiveholder adapt: M

ed to be attached directly tothe' hinged seat cover at one side thereofand carrying a roll of paper or other covering for the seat, cooperatingfeed rollers at the opposite side of the seatalso secured to the coverfor drawing a paper transversely of the seat, and. means in connectionwith said feed rollers for perforating or otherwise preparing the paperin a suitable manner to form strips of paper of toilet size.

Two forms which my invention may assume are exemplified in the followingdescription and illustrated in the accompanying d swings, in which Fgure 1 shows a plan view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2shows a vertical, sectional view of the same. Fig.

- 3 shows a detail of the feed rollers employed therein, illustratingthe perforators or cutting devices thereon. Fig. 4 shows a frontelevation of'a modified form of my device. Fig. 5 showsza strip of thepaper or other covering employed herein. 4

Referring in detail to the device, as illustrated, I have shown acylindrical casing having a base 11 provided with a curved flangedportion 12, shaped. to fit the contour of a, toilet seat cover iiiandsecured thereto, at one side, by means of screws, or the like. Thecasing 10 is formed in two longitudinal sections, hinged together, as at14, and a spool 15 is inserted in said casing and carrise a roll ofpaper or other covering 16-provided at intervals with transverselyextending openings 17. A spring-pressed tightener 18 is carried,withinthe casing and engages with the roll of paper therein to hold thesame taut.

guide slot 19 is formed in the front of,

the casing 16, through which passes a web of paper from the roll, 16insm-h a position I as to cover the upper surface of the seat 13, andrunning transversely thereof to the oppos1te side where a pair ofcontacting feed rollers 2021 are arranged in a casing 22,

said casing being, as in'the case of member 1Q, similarly provided witha base 23 formed with'a curved flanged portion 24 to fit the sideof theseat 13 for attachment thereto.

. The web of paper passes through an openingI25 in the .front of thecasing-22 and between the feed rollers 20 and 21 and outwardlythrough aslot 26in said casing. One of the rollers 20 and21 carries a crankhandle 2 7 for operating the same, and a suitable pawl and ratchetmechanism 28 may be provided on said rollers for preventing backwardmovement of the same and consequent loosening of the web of paper as itis drawn therethrough.

The feed rollers carry coiiperating perforating members 29 and 30,preferably two sets, spaced equidistant from'eaoh otherand from the endsofthe rollers, adapted to cut or weaken the web of paper along thelongitudinally extending dotted lines a and I; so as to form threelongitudinal stripsof coniparatively narrow width. These perforatingmembers are shown as comprising a toothed disk 29, on the upper roller,and a notcheddisk 30, on the lower roller, cooper ating therewith, but,obviously, the form thereof may easily be varied or severing devicessubstituted therefor. The outlet slot 26 in the casing is preferablyprovided with a fixed severing ufpper edge whereby to weaken the web ofpaper transversely along the dotted line a and permit the same to bereadily torn oifin any desired length. Preferably the transverse line 0should extend centrally through the opening 17 in the paper for greaterconvenience, thereby severing or perforating devices are omitted and asingle feed roller 31 and casing 32, similar to casing 10, aresubstituted .for the pair of rollers 20 and 21. The roller 31 isoperated by a crank 33 and rewinds the paper as it is fed theretothrough a slot 3e inthe front of the casing. The casing 32.

being divided and hinged permits a ready removal of the feed roller 31therefrom for the purpose of disposing of the used paper or :thercovering. In this instance cloth may be substituted for the paper andafter proper treatment utilized again.

An important advantage of my device is its manner of application to atoilet seat covering and its light and compact construction which permita hinged seat cover to be raised and lowered at will withoutinterference. i Where similar devices are attached to external partsthis operation is prevented,

The longitudinal lines a and 7) and transverse line aformed upon the webof paper may be provided therein previous to putting the same upon thesupply roller, in which case the perforating members 29 and 30 and theserrations on the slot 26 could be dispensed with; However, it is al ayspreferable to omit the transverse weakening line 0 in the manufacturedpaper owing to the danger of tearing the web as it is drawn from thesupply roller across the seat.

Other changes in the construction and arrangement of the several partsof my device may be employed without departing from the spirit of theinvention as disclosed in the. appended claim.

Having thus describediny invention, what .I claim and desire to secureby Letters Pat-- cm; is-

In 'a sanitary device 'for toilet seats, means to support an aperturedroll of paper side of the seat, means on the oppr i of the seat tolongitudinally score the po e; after the latter has passed out ofengrave ment with the seat, and a fixed severing means located beyondthe last named side of the seat to transversely sever the paper into asmany waste sheets as the scoring initially forms, said scored portion ofthe paper be ing disposed so as to depend from the latter side of theseat with its outer end free so that the occupant may grasp said outerend and sever same while the succeeding past of the sheet is heldagainst movement by the occupant sitting thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK J.

\Vitnesses Jon) H. III-31mins, W. IV. IIEALEY.

